The Encyclopedia
of World Problems
& Human Potential

Persistence of outmoded concepts

Name(s):

Institutionalization of discriminatory outmoded concepts

Nature

Concepts which have been demonstrated to be inappropriate, incorrect or discriminatory are not immediately eliminated from institutional and other systems. Partly because they are associated with well-tried procedures, traces of them may persist in legal, educational, scientific, religious and other systems.

Counter-claim

Concepts defined by some constituencies as outmoded may be of continuing significance to others. The concepts by which they are supposedly to be replaced may have latent defects they will subsequently make such replacement questionable.

Broader

Outdated paradigms

Irrelevant institutions

Narrower

Outmoded legal systems

Outdated religious forms

Lag in policy conceptualization

Failure of the zoo as an educational institution

Aggravates

Outdated regulations

Inadequacy of prevailing mental structures to challenge of human survival ^{[in 4 loops]}

Inadequate global consensus concerning problems and prospects of humanity ^{[in 1 loop]}

Aggravated by

Outdated research

Defective reasoning

Preservation of obsolete systems

Strategy(ies)

Reforming concepts

Reducing institutionalization of outmoded concepts

Value(s)

Persistence

Discrimination

Outmoded

Type

(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems

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The Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential is a unique, experimental research work of the Union of International Associations. It is currently published as a searchable online platform with profiles of world problems, action strategies, and human values that are interlinked in novel and innovative ways. These connections are based on a range of relationships such as broader and narrower scope, aggravation, relatedness and more. By concentrating on these links and relationships, the Encyclopedia is uniquely positioned to bring focus to the complex and expansive sphere of global issues and their interconnected nature.

The initial content for the Encyclopedia was seeded from UIA’s Yearbook of International Organizations. UIA’s decades of collected data on the enormous variety of association life provided a broad initial perspective on the myriad problems of humanity. Recognizing that international associations are generally confronting world problems and developing action strategies based on particular values, the initial content was based on the descriptions, aims, titles and profiles of international associations.

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